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George W. Bush and the war on women : turning back the clock on women's progress / Barbara Finlay.

By: Finlay, Barbara.
Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; New York : New York : Zed Books ; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, c2006Description: xi, 268 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 184277784X (hardback); 9781842777848 (hardback); 1842777858 (pbk.); 9781842777855 (pbk.).Subject(s): Bush, George W. (George Walker), 1946- | Women -- Government policy -- United States | Women -- United States -- Social conditions -- 20th century | Anti-feminism -- United States | Conservatism -- United StatesDDC classification: 305.420 973 090 511 Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Table of contents only
Contents:
George W. Bush's Radical American Revolution -- In the China Shop: Closing Agencies, Eliminating Initiatives, Changing Procedures -- Power Through Appointments: Rewarding Ideologues and Friends -- Managing Information: Erasures, Manipulation, Outright Lies -- Reproductive Rights, Sexuality, and Abstinence: Limiting Women's Freedoms -- Restricting Reproductive Rights Around the Globe: Threatening Women's Lives to Please the Right -- Bush vs. Women of the World: Are Women's Rights Human Rights? -- Stacking the Deck Against Women: Bush and the Courts -- Weakening Support for Women's Education and Health -- Bush Economic and Budget Priorities: How They Hurt Women -- The Real Bush Revealed: Lessons from Katrina -- Bush Wars and Militarism: Heavy Burdens for Women -- Conclusions: Where do we go from here?
Review: "This book takes a devastating look at the actions and policies of the Bush administration in terms of their impact on women in the United States and abroad. Surprisingly, this is a largely ignored aspect of Bush's presidency, even though his policies have in many ways reversed women's progress over the past three decades. While the media has focused on his opposition to abortion. Bush's less-publicized anti-feminist agenda has been much more extensive. He has opposed women's interests in multiple ways, from shutting down women's offices in the government to de-funding programmes that assist women, from opposing global women's rights treaties to supporting anti-feminist organizations."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-258) and index.

George W. Bush's Radical American Revolution -- In the China Shop: Closing Agencies, Eliminating Initiatives, Changing Procedures -- Power Through Appointments: Rewarding Ideologues and Friends -- Managing Information: Erasures, Manipulation, Outright Lies -- Reproductive Rights, Sexuality, and Abstinence: Limiting Women's Freedoms -- Restricting Reproductive Rights Around the Globe: Threatening Women's Lives to Please the Right -- Bush vs. Women of the World: Are Women's Rights Human Rights? -- Stacking the Deck Against Women: Bush and the Courts -- Weakening Support for Women's Education and Health -- Bush Economic and Budget Priorities: How They Hurt Women -- The Real Bush Revealed: Lessons from Katrina -- Bush Wars and Militarism: Heavy Burdens for Women -- Conclusions: Where do we go from here?

"This book takes a devastating look at the actions and policies of the Bush administration in terms of their impact on women in the United States and abroad. Surprisingly, this is a largely ignored aspect of Bush's presidency, even though his policies have in many ways reversed women's progress over the past three decades. While the media has focused on his opposition to abortion. Bush's less-publicized anti-feminist agenda has been much more extensive. He has opposed women's interests in multiple ways, from shutting down women's offices in the government to de-funding programmes that assist women, from opposing global women's rights treaties to supporting anti-feminist organizations."--BOOK JACKET.

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